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IMPROVEMENT IN-LAMP-GHIMNEY GLEANERS.

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I Beit known that I, RICHARD. PATTIN, of Marietta., in the lcounty of filashington-in the State oi' Ohio,

have invented anew and improved Device for Cleaning YLamps and/Lanterns; and A'Iii-dohereby declare the' following is a full, clear, and exact description of the"construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings,'making' part of thisspeciieation, in whieh'- Figure 1 is a. side elevation of my invention without the metal striRs. Figure 2, a side elevation with metal strips extended;` and Figure 3, the saine with strips in globular form.

This invention consists of two pieces of wire, one of which slides freely in ourvatiii esformed in the other,

and of elastic metallic'. strips connecting two contiguous ends et' the two. piece of wire, for the purpose of cleansing lamp chimneys, etc., in the manner hereinafter fully described.

H represents 'one of the pieces-of wire, of any convenient dimensions, one end of which is bent into tiring,

Afor convenience oi' manipulation, and .the other into a ring or eye, E, at right angles to the irst. K represents the' other piece of wire, one end of which is formed into'a handle, B, at right angles with the main body of the wire', and the other end into an eye of lthe same size, and parallel with the eye E. C and D represent oyes formedY in the body of the wire K, equal in size, "and parallel. The eyes E and F are of somewhat greater diameter than the eyes C and I). The wire I-I passes through the eyes C and I), and slides freely therein. TheV wire K posses through the eye E. The two w-ires are thus connected, in the manufacture of the instrument, i

beyond the possibility ot' disjunetion, except in case of the breaking or straightening of at least one of the eyes. G G- represent the eiastic metallic strips before spoken of, which are usual-l2' six in number, and of such dimensions as ma be desired. A len th of four inches will be i'ound usuali mo` t convenient. The stri s are' o -l y P united in any suitable manner, at one end to the eye E, and at the other to the eye F, and are placed at equal distances aoart. The should be nearl or c nite straiuht when not under nressure. To them are to be att-ached l C x rags or other suitable cleansing material:

From this description of the constructionoi' this instrument, the manner of its operation wiil appear clear.

i The elastic strips, with the rubbing material attached, are to be introduced within the chimney to. becleansed.

The operator thon, holding in one hand thering A andiby the .other the handle B, presses the for-mer towards the latter, by which` pressure the eye E is caused to approach the eye F, and eonsequontlyjhe 1netallicj's'tripsi"l G assume a curved form, and bring the rubbing material in' contact with the inner surfaceV vntf-the chimney. It i'sY tlien onlynecessary to give the instrument a few turns to effect the cleansing process: Pressure having then been removed, the metallic strips, by virtue of their elasticity, returnltov Vtheir former position, and the instrument may be withdrawn. It will thu-s seen that this forms acheap, simplefnti eiieetive instrument for accomplishing the purpose for which it isfdesignedi. I. In its manufacture' the 'wire IIehaving rst heen provided with the ring and the eye E, vand the wireK with the handle the latter wire is bentround the former, so

as to form tle eyes C and D, its point passed through `the eye ELa'nd Athe eye F then formed' on it. The strips 'y Gr are afterward attached.

- strips G, substantially as described.

What I claim, and desire te secure by Letters Patent, isf Forming the rings or eyes by which the two wires are connected, out of the bok of additional pieces, in the manner set forth. Y 2. The wires I'I and K, arranged tp move freely one upon the other, in combination with the elastic metal-lic the wires, instead monti n essere. Witnesscsz.

i J. ZT. PARKER,

RICHARD RICHARDSON. 

